Samsung Galaxy S8 Unpacked Live Blog!

You ready for it? Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Unpacked event is finally here. We’ll get all of the official goods from Samsung in a couple of hours at live events being hosted in both New York City and London.

Tim and I are in attendance in New York, but we’ve got a live stream embed for you below to watch along with us, plus a chat since we’ll be live blogging today’s happenings. Our live blogs are always a good time, especially when a big Samsung event is the topic.

The Unpacked event kicks off at 11AM Eastern (8AM Pacific). You can watch it below.

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T4rd

I would only consider it if they put stereo speakers in it and brought back the IR blaster. So I’m sure I won’t be getting it.

David Stevens

I mean, we already know the deal……Amazing hardware with lackluster software.

BRIM

No stereo speakers
No 1000 FPS slo-mo video
Smaller batteries

Samsung really needed to knock it out of the park with the S8 with those 3 after the whole Note 7 ordeal. Shame.

Josh LaCelle

Where you get your info, boy?

BRIM

Samsung rep came by yesterday to our store.

Only interesting thing not mentioned in leaks is there’s like an “imaginary” home button on the screen that if you press where the old home button was, it’ll take you back home. The software keys are not visible when do this. And it gives a slight “kick” like the iPhone

Josh LaCelle

Oh! lol I’ll wait and see when the real details are revealed!

Me

100mAh less with a much more power efficient chip is a good trade off to me.

Suicide_Note

Curious to see if there is anything interesting that hasn’t been leaked yet.

The wife is looking forward to getting her hands on the S8+. Just need to know the price so i know how much cash I’m forking over.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

I mean the software hasn’t really been leaked. And the 4000 features they like to throw in. And how much they plan on reducing Jank more…..then there’s Bixby

I’m looking forward to it! I’m looking forward to the haters too. I hunger for their tears.

illregal

Just think of it this way.. The haters are trying to do you a favor. But if you wanna use a piece of crap I mean thats cool, you’re free to do so.

Tyler Durden

true, this G6 I’m using is horrible.

Josh LaCelle

Why is that? I wasn’t really thinking of getting one mainly because of the inferior processor they chose.

Tyler Durden

I’m just having a lot of issues that others seem to be experiencing and others that don’t seem to see anything wrong. so YMMV.

Josh LaCelle

Ah, good to know! I’ll wait and see then if the S8 and S8+ are let downs!

litobirdy

the LG g6? massive issues already?

Tyler Durden

To me. Not sure on others. and I doubt an update from 7.0 to 7.1 will fix anything.

T4rd

Unless it’s the U Ultra.. I just have a hard time believing any current flagship is “horrible.” Esp. after most journalists have had it for over a month and haven’t used that adjective as part of their reviews. So it seems a bit melodramatic.

I’m guessing there’s one minor-moderate flaw that you’re focusing on and you’re being a bit overly critical of it?

Tyler Durden

To me it is. Maybe I’m just used to a flawless S7 Edge and iPhone 7+. It can barely run the playstore without a hiccup. Chrome takes ages to load compared to safari with the same site. Battery tops out at maybe 4 hours SOT. Lot of overall UI stutter as well.

T4rd

Yeah, well Android can be a pretty inconsistent experience across the same device and esp. across difference devices. I could describe the same experience after handling my mom’s S7 the other day though.

Tyler Durden

This is just feels unoptimized, slow, and similar to that of a $100 android tablet. Nothing is smooth at all.

David Stevens

Really? Coming from a S7 Edge, this G6 feels a lot smoother. Nougat on the Edge was terrible, awkwardly slow animations, tons of jank etc. Im actually diggin this phone.